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INDEX 



Structural beauty 242 



Struggling, warring insect life. 94 

 Strutting of timbers imperative 315 



Stucco cracks 161 



Stucco on steel lathing 140 



Stucco on wooden lath 140 



Stucco over lath not so durable 



as over hollow brick 309 



Stucco on eight-inch centres and 



V-irons gives air space 309 



Stucco-sided house 118 



Stucco three-coat work 161 



Stud crippling midway between 

 floor and ceiling braces, ties, 



and stops fire draught 317 



Studding extra size 2x6 and 3x4 316 



Studding 1 well toe-nailed 316 



Studio beamed to ridge 197 



Studio den 241,282 



Study in shades of white 240 



Study table 237 



Stump grubber 59 



Style 79 



Sub-arctic plants 95 



Sub-contractors 295 



Sub-rock foundation 274 



Sub-soil upheaval 59 



Succulent growth, watering of. 79 



Suet luncheon 243 



Summer kitchen yielding sum- 

 mer comfort 339 



Summer rental 58 



Sun and rain mighty factors in 



climb toward independence 340 



Sun bathroom 227 



Sundews, viscous-deluged 99 



Sun dial, ancient type 208 



Sun dial from Olde England... 244 

 Sun dial motto, "It is always 

 morning somewhere in the 



world" 208 



Sun dial time equation 208 



Sun dial, wall, motto-circled.. 133 



Sun-exposed wires 69 



Sunflower diet 33 



Sunken garden 217, 243 



Sunlight, companionship, care 



and air 215, 295 



Sun of twenty -year farming day 



sank below the horizon.... 104 



Sun or shade, as desired ....... 251 



Sun reflection on red tiled ver- 

 anda roof . . 314 



Sun room 227 



Sun room on second story bal- 

 cony 320 



Survival of fittest 55, 90 



Suspension bridge 71 



Swallow tail 94 



Swallows 35 



Swamp lowland 245 



Swamp oak 57 



Swamp reclaimed 140 



Sweet corn, black 102 



Sweet fern thicket 



Sweet potatoes 102 



Swifts, bow-winged 45 



Swimming pool 200, 213, 225 



Swinging compass from north 



to south 144 



Swinging shutter of colored 



glass 215 



Swivel-elbow-knuckle-bar and 



chain-snap-fastening 241 



Sycamore, the 57 



Sylvan dell 245 



Sylvan forest scene 193 



Symmetric?.! roof as four to six- 

 teen 305 



Sympathy for millionaire 96 



Systematic inspection by mason, 



carpenter and plumber 302 



Table, monastery sawbuck 5 



Tadpole, gill-breathing stage.. 100 

 Tangled forest and rock-strewn 



field 301 



Tanglefoot 74, 93 



Tank, high flush 231 



Tank, planished and copper- 

 lined 3 



Tanks, siphon-connected 13 



Tapestries on stair rail and 



wall 242 



Tar 212 



Tar vs. ground air and damp- 

 ness 305 



Tares vs. grain 55 



Tarradiddler'.s yarn 45 



Taurus 17 



Tax on air and sunshine 215 



Tax rates 289 



Tea house 239 



Tea plant 102 



Tearing out unsatisfactory work 142 



Telescope 34, 234 



Ten or fifteen per cent, hold 



back 288 



Tender plants 89 



Ten-room house for $3,000 150 



Ten to fifteen per cent, added 



for possible changes 293 



Tenant on own domain 58 



Tennis court skating rink...... 22 



Tennis screen, wire 22 



Tent caterpillars 91 



Tent life, damp and dark 251 



Tent on the beach 341 



Terra cotta 142, 303 



Terrace, brick tiled 239 



Terrace held by honeysuckle... 22 



Terrace of cement 239 



Terrace terrazzo-paved 305 



Testers, canopied f 



Testing standpipe, ladder rais- 

 ing, etc 332 



Testing stone homes for cattle 



vs. wooden shelters 303 



Tests of a house 242 



Thane and yokel, ignorance of.. 230 

 Thatch roof imitated in wood 



by seven shingle lappings.. 313 

 Thatched buildings condemned 

 and re-roofed with shingle 



or tile 313 



Thatched cocoons 91 



Thatched roofs, England's fire 



law against 313 



"The world is too much with 



us" 96 



Theban tomb 82 



Theban mantel decoration 233 



Thermostats 236 



Thieves balked 225 



Thimbles and stoppers in cellar 



and garret a convenience. . 319 

 Thinning bunch and cluster.... 55 

 Third floor spells difference 

 between comfort and dis- 

 comfort 330 



Thirty-four thousand to five 

 hundred thousand dollar in- 

 crease in value :-;37 



Thomas Prence, Governor of 



Plymouth Colony 51 



Thousand Islands 211 



Three motifs in bungalow ex- 

 terior 254 



"Three whoops, a holloa and a 



holler" 212 



Thrift-driven Yankee 251 



Throated mantel hood 233 



Throne of the fire king centres 



his group of devotees 311 



"Through this wide open gate" 243 



Thrush 41 



